Device for assembling and cooling cans.



No; 629,l89. Patenfed July 18,1899.

F. B. FULTON 8|. D. 600K.

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No. 629,l89.' I A I F. B. FULTON Q, B. 000K.

DEWCEFUR ASSEIBLING AND COOLING CANS.

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' FRED B. FULTON YANDDANIVEL ooo or'vANoonvER, CANADA."

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srncxrrcnrron forming part of w s Patent No. 629, 189,datecl July- 18, 189 9.

Application filedDecemher 29, 1898. Serial No. 706.638. '(No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: Be it known that we, FRED B. FULTON and DANIEL COOK, citizens of theDominion-ot Canada, residing at Vancouver, in the Provlncev of British Columbia, Ca'nadznhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Assembling and Cooling Cans,-

of which. the-following is a specification.

- Our invention relates to improvements in handling cans immediately after coming from the soldering or fiuxing machine; and its object is to provide a means of treating such oans while the solder is hot in amanner that will reduce the percentageof the lealisin the freshly-sealed joints to'aminimum by turning them in a'gentle manner upright, with their pierced ends over a'grooved disk or downward, after the can has been 'filled and sealed, for afew seconds the hot solderis alresponding partsthroughout all of r the several lowed to properly settle around the joint and chill before thecan is passed into the delivcry-chute and allowedito roll away, which; movement, if the solder is'not properly set,

causes a great number ofcan s :to' leak by the solder being shaken from-the joints, f

, We attain the aboveobject bythe mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in whichv I Figure l'shows a front elevationof our in-- vention. Fig. 2 is a plan of thesam'e; and Fig.

7 3 is an end View of the'final delivery-chuteand a section of the cooling-wheel on the'line a Similar nu merals and letters designate core views.

' Our invention consistsoff a rotary disk or wheel 10, securely fixed to a vertical'shaft 1 1; resting upon a step-12, which is securely fixed to the floor or a suitable foundatiomand the opposite or upper end ofi the shaft is jour naled in a box '13, secured tosome suitable support. Slow movementis imparted tothe The inner edge'of this groove is of a sloping for sealing the same, whereby the solder at the joints is prevented from coming in con= pitch. This is for the purpose of allowing 1 the cans tolo'e pushed forward over the same in an upright position without offering a serious'resistance, the full object of which will be seen presently. To deliver the newly-soldered; c'ansfrom thefiuxing or soldering machine to the wheel and in doing'so't'urn' them in anuprightposition, we provide a chute consisting ofa downwardly-sloping frame 15. This frame is supported on the column 16, which is securedin astep-or bracket 17 on a suitable support.

Secured-t0theiramelfiand projecting lat era-11y ac'ross'the'can-track are support-bars 18 andjl9, respectively. 'To these supportbars; are secured upwardly-projecting bracke from, and the bracket 21 supports a rail 23,;

the opposite end'of' which lies on the supportbar 18.- This holds the said rail in an angling a posi'tion'in relation to other rails 24 and 25,

which lie on the support-bars 18 and l9. "As

with the said rails 24: and 25 as the'cans roll downward their ends'rifse up the rail 23 and they-are turned on end, from where they are conveyed inthat position to the wheel 10 by a chain 26,taking around wheels 27 and 28,

suitably mounted on the opposite ends or the frame 15. 7 These wheels may be adjusted vertically, so that the conveying-chain 26 will jengage, cans of various -dimensions, and the rails23,"24, and 25 maybe adjusted on the support-bars 18 and 19 to receive cans of various sizes. Movement is-imparted to theconveying chain 'by'a belt taking around a pulley 29, secured on the shaft to which is attached the wheel 27.

- For delivering the cans from-the machine .to the chute a, we provide armsBO, which extend overthe annular'groove, over which the Ice cans rest onlthe wheehthese being fixed to the end of the chute a. On the opposite side of the can-track is an arm 31, which is secured to the side of the chute a. These arms guide the cans from the wheel 10, and as they leave the same they fall overon their peripheries in the chute and roll away. To insure the cans falling from the wheel fairly at right angles to the said chute a, so that they will roll away, we provide a guide 32, secured on the outer side of the said chute and passing laterally over the same, so that the cans will roll thereunder, and to provide that they do not tilt too far and possibly strike on the outer edge of said chute we provide a guide 33, extending over the space where each can falls, but above the same and curved forward,

so that if a can falls too far it is prevented from remaining on the edge of the chute.

The outer edge of the chute a is arranged to be adjusted to accommodate cans of various lengths. This is done bya screw 34, passing through a raised lug 35, which is secured integral with the bed of the chute, and the inner end of the screw loosely fixed in the movable rail of the chute.

In the operation of our invention the cans after being sealed are passed down the chute and inverted to bring the plates ordisks, soldered to their caps, over the groove 10*,whioh prevents the solder from coming in contact with and being brushed off by the wheel, and

the said groove 10'" also allows a circulation of air beneath the cans and permits the escape of heat and causes them to cool-more rapidly. The time occupied passing around on the wheel allows the solder to properly set, so that the rolling down the chute a will not cause any leaks. The solder also sets het-' ter around the joints when the cans are inverted than when they are in an upright position, as it is liable to scatter when the cans are in the latter position. As the cans come to the fingers 30 they are pushed from the wheel and allowed to roll down the chute a in the usual manner.

Having now described our invention, what we claim, and desire to be protected in by Letters Patent, is

1. In an apparatus for assembling cans in an upright position after coming from the soldering-machine, a wheel or disk 10 suitably mounted on a vertical shaft 11 with means of imparting slow movement thereto, an annular groove 10 around the uppersurface of the said wheel, over which the newly-soldered ends of the cans are caused to rest while cooling, said groove 10, being arranged to permit the escape of steam and to prevent the solder from coming in contact with the wheel and means for conveying the cans to and from the said wheel, as specified.

2. In combination with a wheel 10 having an annularly-formed groove around its upper surface arranged to permit the escape of steam from the cans and to prevent the solder from coming in contact with the wheel, a chute consisting of a frame 15 adjustably mounted ona column 16, secured to a suitable support, support-bars 18 and 19 extending laterally from the same frame, brackets 20 and 21 adj ustabl ysecured to said bars, and supporting-rails 23, 24 and 25 arranged over the bars 18 and 19 with their lower ends in proximity to the upper surface of said wheel 10, as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a device for assembling cans in an upright position while the solder is cooled, a wheel 10 having a groove 1O around its upper surface topermit the escape of steam and to prevent the solder from coming in contact with the wheel, in combination with a chute for delivering the cans thereto and turning them as specified; and of means for delivering the cans from the said wheel to a chute and turning them back to their first position, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

FRED B. FULTON. DANIEL COOK.

Witn esses W. G. TRETHEWEY, ROWLAND BRITTAIN. 

